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Good Morning TOD
Before I head out to work let’s make today a Day of Action
We can start by all of us contacting Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Here is her contact information
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Email: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
Twitter: @SenFeinstein
We can help her to understand that as a Democrat it should be her primary goal to support this President and if she has issue with anything he does she needs to talk to his staff or him directly about it. It is not necessary for her to run to every open mike and give the Republicans and the media ammunition to bash President Obama.
Have a great O’Day Everyone!!
gm Donna - enjoy your day
Morning Donna, thank you for that! Have a great day.
TY, Donna.
I think she’ll be on every Sunday show, running with her complaints for maximum benefit to herself, to show how noble and righteous she is, as usual. She’s acting like a woman scorned.
I hope I’m wrong.
Done…i think this is a good Template to send to any DEM who mouths off in the press…re: the President…
Good Morning Donna, and my TOD family. I just called Sen. Feinstein’s office and spoke with a lovely young lady. I told her to tell Sen. Feinstein how hard I work daily to support her; but I would hope now and in the future she would give the president a call and go over and talk with him first, if there is an issues especially of this magnitude and sit down and talk with POB.
I told them also that I am a little upset with the manner in which they are running away from PBO and running to the microphones and giving the opposition morsel to make an un tasteful mean out of each day. I also told her to tell the Sen., that her support is out here; but PBO’s support is hugely out here as well; and we will work and fight against those who do not get that point.
The young lady said that she totally understand and she will pass my message on. She was of a kind spirit even as she could hear the firmness in the tone of my voice. I was kind, but I made sure that she understood that we on the west coast and all across this nation are at a fatigue point of seeing Sen. Feinstein and others run to the mic rather than running to the WH and sitting down in a calm and decent manner and speak with the President because he welcomes that kind of interaction and the press welcomes it, but for an entirely different reason, and that is to score points on them and President Obama.
Thanks Donna for waking us up to this this morning. I was so upset last night, and I knew in my spirit that I needed to make some calls today, and there our beautiful Donna’s message was here. That is the togetherness of this great TOD family that Chips has created here.
Call your Senators this morning, if you can. As Bobfr reminds us: #TrustBarack. Let us put our energies in a phone call, an e mail or a tweet today. We will overcome the “chatter heads” better with our hand to the keys of our devices to communicate for and with our great President. {{{{{{{{{{{ TY again, Donna.}}}}}}}}}}}} I feel better now. HZ
Great job HZ!!!
GOOD JOB DONNA…I’LL BE CALLING…I AM EXTREMELY ANGRY ABOUT THIS!
GM SUE. They are there. I know how you feel. I do believe that Donna was one of the great called Messengers to us this morning. Let us do it. I just did and I am going to put it in an e mail now. Nothing like having it on a paper messenger as well.
Have a lovely day, beautiful SUE. Love you, HZ
Good Morning TODVille!
Happy Wednesday.
Thank you Chips for this lovely picture.
Gooooooood morning No Child, happy Wednesday!
Gm
RACHEL MADDOW 06/03/14 (MUST SEE REPORTING ON GOP MELTDOWN)
1) Right wing organizes bashing of American POW
Rachel Maddow reports on the passion and outrage with which the American right is objecting to the return of American soldier Bowe Bergdahl, rejecting the longstanding American principle of leaving no soldier behind.
http://on.msnbc.com/1ouzk53
2) Right ignores due process in zeal to condemn American POW
Patrick Murphy, an Iraq War veteran, former congressman, and the host of “Taking the Hill” on msnbc, talks with Rachel Maddow about unexpected passion on the right for leaving an American soldier behind in Afghanistan as a prisoner of the Taliban.
http://on.msnbc.com/1hy0ZDG
Congrats on 1st Gold DonnaDem. I am now watching the press conference in Warsaw live on c-Span. Good reception this morning.
LOLGOP @LOLGOP · 4h
UPDATE: Republicans entering Day 4 of being mad an American prisoner of war won’t be left in Afghanistan.
Morning/Afternoon(if you’re with PBO)/ Evening, TODobots!
Looks like Harper’s plane is tucked in the corner there.
g’morning TOD… Chips/ Nerdy, possibly you might want to add this: http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/06/negotiating-with-terrorists.html?m=1 to your R & S … written by a Retired Warrant Officer at StoneKettle who’s fed up with the malarky regarding Bergdahl/ POTUS.
Well Sherijr, that is spooky - I just added it to the R&S draft! Thanks a million, it’s a wonderful piece.
you are so on the job :) Yes this is a powerful piece.. every word -truth.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone. Congrats Donna, on being first this lovely morning. Have a Great Day everyone.
Gooooooood morning RanMan, have a perfect day!
I’m about Bergdahled out, but this is pretty unbelievable—-Rolling Stone reposting this big Michael Hastings report on Bergdahl from 2012, with the exact predictions of what would happen if there was a deal to rescue him with the release of Taliban prisoners——(Hastings died a year later in a car accident)——that President Obama’s enemies would use it as his “willie horton” moment, would try to damage him with this action. So this has been talked about for years, the exact circumstances, predictions of the exact reactions—-as Todd goes around saying the WH was caught flatfooted by this angry reaction. No they weren’t. And neither was Feinstein—-and everyone else…
Dotster, I always remember the comment the president made during one of his campaigns- “I will NOT be swiftboated” I believe him. The GOP and all of the president’s collective enemies, including some corporate sponsored Dems, will try, but they won’t succeed.
Anybody know what this is about?
Other than Putin being Putin - no
Putin looking to drum up some attention?
I hope POTUS told him “Hell No”!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert · 17m
Israel survived release of 1k (!!) Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 1 soldiers but RWM media claims US doomed by Taliban 5 release.
Morning. As others have commented, what’s happening in Europe today is astonishing to those of us who grew up in the post WWII era of the iron curtain and the pervasive fear of the “enemy” in the East. President Obama is the first in my life time to redefine the concept of our world so that it’s not filled with enemies, but potential partners. To those who profited from the old order, this is frightening and explosively damaging to their self-image. They thrive on paranoia and fear, which is why, as our President strengthens our ties in Europe, they’re stoking scary fantasies of five released prisoners wreaking destruction on us and painting a poor, troubled young man as an enemy, who should have been left to die. Fear, fear, fear is all they’re about. As always, the GOP and all their willing shills will go too far. They will show too much spittle with their hyped up rage and the increasing volume of their rants will start seeming shrill to ordinary people. It’s infuriating and hurtful as Cindy said so beautifully yesterday, but we can’t afford to let them distract us. They want us to take our eyes off the ball so we lose our focus on 2014 or give up in despair. Let’s not let them win.
Wish I’d found this comment earlier, Jackie. You pulled the thought right out of my head with your words. I haven’t been able to articulate this and you’ve done it for me Many thanks.
Nerdy, imagine how inspiring it would be to have the First Lady smile at you like that. We would all say to ourselves, “I will not fail her.” Wonderful image. Hope this young man frames it and keeps it near him all his life.
Agree jackie
:roll:
Man, I can’t even bring myself to listen to that.
If she runs as a republican - she will lose - she needs some smart advisers and pronto.
If this is what she needs to do to win in Kentucky, and it probably is, it’s seriously depressing.
No matter what she says McConnell will win the coal debate - she should thus leave it alone & concentrate on the areas where she can win - UE, health care, vets, education, jobs and jobs.
I am not there, so could well be wrong - but she seems to be losing dems - and she will not win the GOPers on coal.
I don’t buy that this is what ALG needs to do.
Steve Beshear is the (D) Governor of Kentucky. Plus there are more registered (D) than (R).
Ms. Grimes a making a perplexing choice.
Ah, that’s true Vicki, stupidly I forgot about Gov Beshear. She’s a huge disappointment, of course it would be bliss to see McConnell lose, but I’ll never have any enthusiasm for Grimes.
I may be too pragmatic here but when it comes to those democratic politicians, I tend to give them a pass especially when they are in red states or coal country.
Grimes is playing a dangerous game. What she is missing is that if people will vote for her because of her stance against the president, then they may as well vote for Turtle Face. She needs to differentiate herself. She began doing that, then plunged in mimicking right wing talking points. She may lose a fight that appeared at the onset to be in her bag. That being said, if her strategy wins her the elections, so be it. She can always correct herself once elected (like all of them do, particularly the GOP that has no conviction on anything except one: to block Obama).
I’m starting to wonder if she’s positioning herself to be in a place to bargain for BIG bucks for KY to phase out coal.
I wonder if Bill Clinton were President would she be critical of him. Just wondering.
she can go straight to h e double hockey sticks.
Go McTurtle
BBL
Good Morning, Everyone :)
Mooooooorning rikyrah!
Goooood Morning TODlandians!
This thought crossed my mind too…..
Hmm……..
From the little I have read - he was “different” & didn’t mix. Leads to the thought he was probably bullied.
99ts, There is so much from this story that we haven’t heard of and may never know. The bottom line is this: The US don’t leave his soldiers behind, whoever they are. Period. And I applaud POTUS for that.
Why will young people sign up voluntarily for service if they know that they could be left in the hands of the enemy?
Happy Wednesday TODers.
Congrats on 1st Donna
Hiya Chips!!
HellooOOOOOooOoooOOoooo Africa!
Uh huh
Uh huh
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Hillary Clinton Was Skeptical of Taliban-Bergdahl Swap
By Josh Rogin
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was personally and intensely involved in the debate over swapping five Taliban commanders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2011 and 2012. But she had severe reservations about the potential deal, and demanded stricter conditions for the release of the prisoners than what President Obama settled for last week.
Despite that the White House’s claim this week that the United States
did not negotiate “directly” with the Taliban to secure the Bergdahl
swap, the State Department, Defense Department, and White House
officials did meet several times with Taliban leaders in 2011 and 2012 to discuss the deal. The negotiations, held in in Munich and Doha, fell apart in early 2012. But before they did, Clinton had a framework deal drawn up that was much tougher on the Taliban than what ultimately got done two years later.
Three former administration officials who were involved in the process told The Daily Beast that Clinton was worried about the ability to enforce the deal and disinclined to trust the Taliban or the Haqqani
network in Pakistan, which held Bergdahl until this weekend. Clinton was so concerned, the former officials added, that she may not have even signed off if the negotiations had succeeded.
…Clinton was not the only top member of the Obama administration skeptical of the deal. Three U.S. intelligence officials told The Daily Beast on Monday that James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, flat out rejected the release of the five detainees, saying there was too high a risk these Taliban commanders would return to the battlefield and orchestrate attacks against Americans. Then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declined to certify that the United States could mitigate the risk of releasing the Taliban commanders.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/03/hillary-clinton-was-skeptical-of-taliban-bergdahl-swap.html
blah…blah…blah…..
They didn’t want the bin laden raid either.
Boommmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!
My understanding is that they had a small window of time to rescue Bergdal because his health was failing. Would Hillary and the others let this soldier die if they had this chance today???
I’m just glad President Obama prevailed- as one of our soldiers is worth as many Taliban as it takes to get him back, imo. I’m tired of this second guessing… I’m with Jim at StoneKettle- didn’t we supposedly fight these wars and sacrifice a whole lotta folks to NOT be AFRAID??
Hillary Clinton can remain afraid along with all the repubs.. I’m grateful our POW was returned safely.. and I’ll let the Dept of the Army determine whether there are charges to be made against him, not John McCain, not his few fellow platoon mates (which I find questionable) and certainly not the media.
Sherijr, the R’s and their shills NEED fear. It’s all they have and they play it to the hilt. If Americans with all their precious guns had any guts, they would tell the fear mongers to go pound salt.
you are correct jackie- Fear is their M.O- always has been.
I fear that Hillary Clinton will not be that much different than a GOP president would be in foreign affairs. I really want someone that will build upon the changes PBO put in place and not just go back to the warlike ways we have had in the past. I remember in the ’08 primary Barack said he would meet with enemies whereas Hillary said she would not and it has not been done in the past.
It’s funny because I am skeptical of Hillary Clinton.
Let’s remember Hillary Clinton was all for the Iraq war of Bush and Cheney. She was WRONG about that wasn’t she.
Triangulation? Here we go again. At 65/66, old habits die Young? Or Old Habits are harder to break. People of good will loath Triangulation for political games.
I pity those who ignore History…..2008 isn’t that far. People do Remember.
And Ms Chips will be publishing the “egg on face” guy yet again
Yep——-and NYT reporting Bergdahl’s unit cited multiple times for misconduct. Apparently Bergdahl’s final straw was some horrible death of a young Afghan girl. This might explain these (hired) members of his unit coming forward to bash Bergdahl before he exposes them.
And agree with the reply who notes that none of this is reported on any news program. Don’t they know what I know?
Don’t they know what I know?
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They don’t care….they have received their marching orders……
This!!!
Now what kind of puppy is this? Irresistible, no?
The cute kind, of course. :-D
beagle?
Cute overload? Is that why they call it: Puppy Love <3 ?
Dudette, this looks like a scene from The Wizard of Oz or Brigadoon.
Sigh! I’d go. In a flash.
ummmmmm
ummmmmm
ummmmmm
Um… Uh… Wow… Um.
I have no words.
Some people must be really desperate.
LMAO! Don’t be depressed Japa. Keep in mind that there are all types on this great planet of ours…did you hear about the woman who finally lost her virginity at the tender age of 103? Elliot Rodger at 22 was worried about losing his…
As long as there’s life, there’s hope!! :) :)
Rikyrah, sorry to say that I thought at first this was a photo of Diane Feinstein. My Bad.
Sorry, but no one would pay $5 let alone $500 to be *serviced* by Feinstein.
She charges $500.hr for what exactly?
I shudder to think what it is!!!! Not a pretty sight
Go ‘head Mme. Vogel-Coupe! She’s not letting age stop her…BRAVA! :) :) :)
Oh my my my.
What? Who are the people spending $500? For Charity or does she have something no other call-girl has? Wow!
Decades more experience for sure :-)
this has got to be satire.
SoS and Gates were two of the president’s Need to know who supported the OBL raid.
Hf, this is the worst political strategy ever!! Clinton has an uncanny ability to snatch defeat from potential victory. If her form of governing is to bend with every wind and every criticism, the presidency is much too high a reach for her. She would be in over her head on week one.
So true jackie - she does seem to blow hot/cold - just like the media - it does not make for a President.
Exactly Jackie. Clinton (and her advisers) are too wedded to to the corporate structure which includes the mainstream media and many GOPers. Thus they gyrate with whatever silly narrative the MSM puts out there and the result is a glaring lack of consistency and shifting of positions from one week to the next.
PBO on the other hand, is always consistent and doesn’t care about the 24- or 48-hr news cycle, whether he’s up/down in the “polls” in a given week, or what so-and-so said on MSNBC last night. He implements a strategy and STICKS to it - based on the information HE HAS, based on HIS KNOWLEDGE of the constitution (which is solid), and based on HIS CRITICAL ANALYSIS of the end result.
It’s not hard to see why the public almost always trusts PBO at the end of the day….as Bob always says: #TrustBarack
Very true. She is weak and has no integrity. The gop/msm could easly manipulate her into stupid and costly wars. She feels the need to prove how tough she is to compensate for being a woman.
More good news from PA. After Rasmussen showed a 20 point lead for Dem Tom Wolf over Gov. Corbett, PPP’s latest poll has Wolf leading Corbett by 25 percent!!! Wolf has the support of 24 percent of PA Republicans and has a whopping 43percent lead among Independents. Pennsylvanians just can’t stand Corbett and they seem to be ready to break a long-standing tradition of electing each governor for two terms. Anything can happen and the Koch-supported Corbett will get a lot of money from the brothers, but if these poll results are anything like the November election outcome, I’m praying that voters also reject the Republican state House and Senate majority. Electing a governor whose hands will be tied by a right wing legislator is not going to get us very far.
For you, jackie:) http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/03/stick-fork-republican-pennsylvania-governor-tom-corbett.html
We were talking of that in the wee small hours Jackie & hoping it is spreading to other states with GOP Governors who care not for the people of their states.
Ah, 99ts, I’m not awake in the wee small hours. More power to you.
I am awake in your wee small hours :) and sometimes my own - the benefit of retirement :)
GM Jackie….
Wolf seems to pattern alot of his grass roots outreach after the President’s campaign…he is now asking for summer interns to work in his campaign…i am waiting for them to embark on a massive voter registration drive…i have sent him a few emails regarding this….
as for Corbett being dead….he is not dead till the last vote is counted…
Woot!
Despicable Feinstein still mad Obama beat Hillary, so gives critics and the entire news media opportunity to say that ‘DemocratS are also saying that PBO broke the law’…..
Feinstein is a leaker and PBO knows that !!!!!
You are 100% right!!!!
I think this may be an accurate read on Diane F. She is part of the woman scored group which includes Maureen Dowd of the NYTimes, all the PUMAs, HRC.
The strategy this bunch is using now—-Bash PBO at every opportunity—-makes me think that there is no presidential bid for HRC in the future.
Perhaps what is happening is a If We Can’t Have It, We Will burn It All Down.
(I doubt anyone will agree with me on this.)
i feel you Vickie…
but i do not know what is up with all of this….my firts thought is that she wants folks to know that although she was in POTUS’ cabinet she differs with him on issues…that she is not a carbon copy of Barack Obama….who she is trying to appeal to …i am not sure…
however…she has tagged the leadership of the Presidents’ election team to work on hers…
I AGREE with you Vicki!!
These PUMAs have seen the writing on the wall and HRC’s internal polls do not look good - regardless of what the MSM claims or what polls they put out there. HRC’s “endorsement” couldn’t even get that PA candidate competitively close in a DEM primary let alone nominated to run in the general.
There you go, Hopefruit.
Hopefruit and LL, if you’re awake out there, it looks like Wendy Gruel—Bill Clinton’s darling in her Failed LA Mayor bid, Failed again last night.
Clinton endorsement as often kiss-of-death as it is a help to a candidate.
Oh dear…and that about sums it up. Allison GrimesKY had better wake up and smell the coal…
Don’t Care. We NEVER leave our men and women in uniform behind. Period. Full Stop. #nomoreclintons
Love ya! See ya!
Natalie Cole: An Unforgettable Dream House
The singer recalls the English Tudor home her dad, Nat King Cole, bought in 1948 in a predominantly white section of Los Angeles—triggering a wave of racial hostility but a childhood of fond memories
The house where I grew up in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles was like a dream—even though my family faced threats after my father bought it in August 1948. At the time, many homeowners in white areas of Los Angeles refused to sell to blacks and other minorities, and Hancock Park was predominantly white and wealthy. But as a young girl, I was oblivious to all that. I felt like royalty living in our home.
I was born in 1950, so my first memories of our English Tudor brick house were filtered through my mid-’50s childhood world. I don’t think my dad had a clue that the neighborhood was going to have such a hostile reaction to us living there. Both of my parents were celebrities and exceptional artists. After all, my dad was Nat King Cole, one of the country’s most popular pianists and singers, and my mom, Maria Hawkins Cole, had been a singer in Duke Ellington’s band. She wanted a nice house after they married in ’48 and my dad had the money to buy it for his new bride. His money was as good as anyone else’s, and he figured that would settle it.
But it didn’t. When my mother, father and older sister Carole moved in they became the first black family in the area. Apparently my father’s real-estate agent had a light-skinned black woman put a binder on the house and then sign it over to my dad. The neighborhood was furious when they realized what had happened. Despite cash offers, threats, a lawsuit and racist signs on our lawn, we stayed put. Little by little, many of the neighbors calmed down once they realized we were a great family. My mom was a natural interior decorator and she turned the house into a symbol of elegance and beauty, and my father’s fame kept growing in the ’50s. It was impossible not to love him.
We lived in an interesting neighborhood. On one street were the Van de Kamps, who made their fortune in baked goods. On the others were the Gettys and Shells of oil fame, and the Vons and Ralphs, who pioneered supermarket chains. My best friend was a daughter in the Ralph family, and we sold Girl Scout cookies together. I got along with all the girls in the neighborhood. As kids, we had no clue about the racial stuff that seemed to preoccupy adults. We just enjoyed our life as kids.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/natalie-cole-an-unforgettable-dream-house-1401298798?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews
Rikyrah, I’m glad the Coles shielded Natalie from the hatred. They were obviously good parents. The people of Hancock should have been honored to have such a family in their neighborhood.
As discussion of the Bergdahl exchange gets more and more out of control, it’s nice to find someone knocking down one of the major misperceptions, as does Slate’s Fred Kaplan with the “negotiating with terrorists” meme:
Many columnists and congressmen make a big point that America doesn’t negotiate with terrorists. Well, sometimes America does, but the key thing here is that the Taliban delegates, with whom U.S. officials have been negotiating in Qatar over the fate of Sgt. Bergdahl, are not terrorists. They represent a political faction and a military force in Afghanistan; they are combatants in a war that the United States is fighting. In other words, Bergdahl was not a “hostage” (another erroneous term uttered by Rogers). He was a prisoner of war, and what happened on May 31 was an exchange of POWs.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_06/negotiating_with_terrorists050607.php
And then of course, there’s this:
The Israeli government (which can’t be considered soft on terror) trades prisoners with Hamas and Hezbollah all the time. In the most dramatic case, Gilad Shalit, an Army private abducted by Hamas, was traded for 1,027 Palestinian and Arab prisoners, 280 of whom had been serving life sentences for terrorist attacks against Israel.
The example of Israel should end this particular argument pretty firmly. You can say the Obama administration paid too high a price for Bergdahl, but discussing the price with the Taliban was no kind of “outrage.”
PA man kills 9-months pregnant girlfriend with shotgun blast to face, says it was an accident
Doctors in central Pennsylvania delivered a baby during emergency surgery on a pregnant woman shortly before she died from a shotgun wound.
Police said 25-year-old Denver Blough told them he had accidentally shot his girlfriend, 23-year-old Caressa Kovalcik, during an argument Saturday at the Windber apartment they shared with their 11-month-old son.
Kovalcik died after delivering the child she had been carrying for nine months, reported The (Johnstown) Tribune Democrat, and the baby was flown to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for additional care.
“What’s going to happen to my baby?” Blough asked state police as they took him into custody.
Blough, who worked for an asphalt company, was charged with criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault charges, and other charges.
Police said Blough admitted he accidentally shot his girlfriend during an argument.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/03/pa-man-kills-9-months-pregnant-girlfriend-with-shotgun-blast-to-face-says-it-was-an-accident/
Glad to see that Senator Reid is calling out the GOP on their B.S.
Well, by make every effort they didn’t mean make every effort. They meant send 3 gazillion troops after him. Then they could blame him for every soldier lost in the attempt.
And, btw, it looks like no soldiers were killed in an attempt to find him after all.
Do you have a link for that last sentence japa?
Feinsten should listen to Sen. Reid.
War on voting follows GOP inaction on rights
Rachel Maddow reviews how Republicans failed to follow up on promises to fix the Voting Rights Act after it was gutted by the Supreme Court, helping usher in a new Republican war on voting with new ID laws, restrictions and intimidation tactics.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/war-on-voting-follows-gop-inaction-on-rights-273215043693
One should NOT respect fools with ill intentions
Pres Obama indeed treats them with respect. TBGOPers want their butts KISSED. POTUS said: Hell No. POTUS asks for adult conversation and resolution of our collective problems. TBGOPers said: Hell No. The TBGOPers since Nov 2008 have chosen to obstruct and disrespect this president than to solve problems.
RESPECT? Do they even know what it means? Treat others as you want to be treated comes to mind. Maybe they should try treating PBO with the respect they want to be treated with. I have never witnessed PBO treating anyone other than in a respectful way.
I guess Reid is now on Twitter expressing his opinions and defending PBO’s actions. Good to see.
R&S!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/04/rise-and-shine-835/
I WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENT TODAY FOR DOING SOMETHING I CANNOT PHYSICALLY DO…FOR TRAVELLING TO NORMANDY TO HONOR THE SOLDIERS THERE. MY DAD…WILLIAM ENGDAHL…WAS AN ARMY WAR HERO WHO NEVER GOT OFF THE NORMANDY D-DAY BEACH. PHYSICALLY HE CAME HOME BUT HE WAS MENTALLY DESTROYED WITH PTSD WHICH HADN’T REACHED A MEDICAL AWARENESS BACK THEN. HIS LIFE WAS A NIGHTMARE AND OTHER THAN WORKING HE SPENT IT IN SOLITARY. YEARS LATER I HAD TO COMMIT HIM TO THE VA TO TRY AND PREVENT SELF-DESTRUCTION…BUT THAT ONLY LASTED 30 DAYS AND HIS DEMONS WERE TOO BIG. FINALLY, IN 1976 HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 52…HE DRANK HIMSELF TO DEATH AND WAS DEAD IN THE HOUSE 2 DAYS BEFORE HIS NEIGHBORS NOTICED. MAY HE REST IN PEACE…I KNOW HE IS IN HEAVEN BECAUSE HE WAS A SICK MAN AND I HOPE TO SEE HIM ONE DAY.
Sue,
i’m saddened to hear of the difficlties your Dad (and your family) faced after the war trauma he suffered. His wounds though not visible were deep and scaring. His service and sacrifice deserves remembrance and the utmost respect. I salute him. You honor him by sharing his story.
Chipsticks: I received a note regarding my email. They will only respond to the emails from their state of CA. However, I can copy it to a letter and mail. Which I will do. But you might tell others about this situation. Thanks B. Pine Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 11:24:14 +0000 To: [email protected]